Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-21
THE NORMAL SCHOOL
NETTING OF TIE BoARAor TRUSTEES
OF THIS STATE IHsffyuTloS.
Principal and Corps Of Teachers to DO
Elected-Mr. Cunninghams
Chsrces-Personal.

The Board OF Trustees OF the State
Normal School met at the Exchange
Hotel at 4 P. M. yesterday. The at
tendance was not then large, several OF
the members living ON the route OF the
Norfolk and Western road having been
delayed about an hour by the collision
of two coal trains near Petersburg.
This being the case the board, after
short session, adjourned until 1870
o'clock, when the following members
were present: General W. b. Taliaferro
(president), L. r. Holland, DIR. j. l..
buchanan, DR.. Fl. NJ. Jackson, DR..
julius Dreher, DIR. Paul Whitehead,
Colonel j. p. Fitzgerald, Hon. W. p.
Dupuy, George o. Conrad, DIR. James
Nelson, Hon. William Lovenstein, Hon.
John b. Moon. DIR. III. III. Harris
only absent. Judge A. ID. Watkins,
secretary, was assisted by DIR. L. Win
ston.
This was an adjourned meeting from
one held in Farmvllle June 22d, and
was appointed to fill vacancies in the
faculty of the school, including the
principal. More than seventy-fve APP
plicants sought places in the school.
CANDIDATES.
The following gentlemen were before
the board as candidates for the place of
principal
Professor J. r. Monk, Elmira, n. Y.
G. II. Karr, Richmond, Va.
G.. W. DIETRICH, GraDtland, Va.
John A. Cunningham, Richmond,
Va.
Colonel George NJ. Edgar, Fayette-
vile, Ark.
Robert Frazer, LII. d., Warrenton,
Va.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. Cunningham is native of Rich
mond and graduate of the University,
and has for the past ten years been
principal of the Madison School, and is
an educator of ability.
Colonel Edgar is president of the
Arkansas Industrial Institute, and DIR.
Frazer is one of the most celebrated
educators of the State, having been at
one time president of the Warrenton
Female Institute and since then of the
Judson Institute, at Marion, Alabama.
The other applicants are gentlemen
Of ability and experience, as evidenced
by their numerous testimonials.
As soon as the reading Of the appli-
cations and lengthy testimonials of
these gentlemen was over there ensued
general discussion Of the merits OF
these gentlemen.
MR.. CUNNINGHAM.
Mr.. Iovenstein and DR.. Jackson
warmly advocated the election of Mr..
Cunningham, and paid just tributes to
his entire fitness for the responsible
position.
The claims of others were pressed by
other members of the board.
Shortly after IL o'clock the board
adopted a resolution postponiDg the
election OF principal until this morning
at $50 O'Clock, and adjourned for
supper.
A member of the board, who no
doubt knew whereof he spoke, when
asked by a DispGtch reporter who
would be the winning man, said "If
the election had taken place tonight
Cunningham wonld have gotten the po-
sition; can't say what effect post
ponement until tomorrow will have"
Another member said that the con-
test lay between Cunningham, Ed
gar, and Frazer.
A third said that either Cunningham
or Frazer would be elected, and that
the former stood the best chance.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
After the election of principal had
been taken up, and before the applica
tions had been read, DIR. Dreher offered
a resolution, which was adopted, pro-
yiding that "the principal and iu-
structors in regular departments in con-
nection with the Normal School be
elected for one year ending June |,
1888 if reelected their terms of office
shall continue SO long as they render
service satisfactory to the board, and
that this shall apply to those already
elected"
The board reassembled after supper
and spent short session considering
minor matters